TripAdvisor Reviews Kasbah La Fibule du Draa Zagora

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... instructions for us to not go alone with any of the camel guides if they invite us for a walk etc. with a quick stern message to me...there is a story that follows on that!

we gather our stuff from the back, and are quickly ushered towards our waiting camels and camel guide, Jaoid. Fatima was riding The lovely Ishtar and I was riding the only black camel of the herd, Bobo. he tied our scarves on our heads for protection and I am not kidding you when we tell you ...

... is sleeping like a little baby. As I shine the tiny light beam near my bedside table, I see a sizable dark dot dart away...I have no idea which direction I am so freaked out. "BRIAN! BRIAN! Wake UP. There's something in here!!!" (Bri = not happy). Finally he gets up, turns on the light, goes into the bathroom and says "HOLY ****, that was the biggest la Cuca-Racha I have ever seen"! WTF...THAT is what was on the night stand right...near...my...head? They ...

... perhaps ought not to be there? Not everyone's aim is good when your butt is just swinging above a hole in the sand. Absolutely bloomin' not!

Instead, it was wipe, dry and re-plaster while keeping it all crossed that there were enough plasters in my kit to last the rest of the trek. Compeed were so so, Scholl were completely hopeless. Packing tape was excellent! Yes, I know it's a weird thing to have in your kit bag but Jules brought a mini screwdriver so I feel ...

…And of course, I’m going to take a little time to explore Tagnouite itself, since I’ve got to stop there anyways…

We exit Zagora, and the Draa Valley oasis still continues a bit farther, with a few more scattered villages, beckoning me to stretch my Draa Superhike even farther. But then, it finally fades out, and there’s nothing ...

... cafes, young guys playing football in a barren field… an assortment of shops… all within a few hundred meters of the serenity of the oasis.

As dusk is setting in, I climb up a hill which gives me a great view of the region. Here in Tinzouline the valley surrounded by rugged hills ends and the oasis gets super-wide, with other villages on the other side several ...